Means for mounting the grip on cable-railway cars



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MEANS` POR MOUNTING THE` GRIP 0N CABLE RAILWAY-GARS- No. 898,599. Patented Peb. 26, 1889.

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STATES PATENT Orti-cn.

til-LBL Ellllli EHNBORN', OF LONG ISLAND CITY, NEWr YORK.

MEANS FFt IVIOUNTlNG THE GRIP N CABLE-RAILWAY CARS.

SPECEFICATION forming part o Letters Fatent No. 398,590, dated February 26, 1889. Application filed September ll, 1888. Serial No. 285,142. (No model.)

To @ZZ 1071.011@ it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL Emi'. EHNBORN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Long Island City, in the county of: Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cable-Railway Cars, of which the following is a spccication.

My invention rela-tes to mechanism whereby the grip-gear attached to a cable-railway car may be transferred from the terminal of one cable to that ot' another, and may also be passed around curves atplaces along the track where switches and curves occur. One common expedient for this purpose is to secure the grip-gear to sliding bars extending crosswise ot' the car-truck, and which are moved laterally by means of the cable-conduit slot, which is led at the switch-point considerably from the center ot the track. By this arrangement the slidin bars in switching a ear project beyond the sides thereof, whereby accidents and other undesirable results are liable to take place.

My invention consists in securing the gripgear to sleeves mounted to slide on stationary bars attached to the franiin of the truck, whereby said undesirable results are avoided, and whereby comparatively little space is required for the lateral movement oi' the gripgear when moved sidewise, corresponding to the deviation of the conduit-slot from the Similar letters oi' reference indicate corre- 4 spending parts.

A designates a truck, which may be of any ordinary suitable construction and having a Fig. 5 is a plan illustratcar mounted thereon in the usual manner.

` to slide on said stationary bars and having As here shown, the truck consists of side beams, B B, cross-bars C C', and intermediate bars, D Di, firmly secured together.

E E are metallic bars secured to the bars l') D by means of keepers F, bolted to the said. bars l) D', and having split or other suitable pins, d, inserted at their extremities.

G G are sleeves of suitable material loosely i mounted to slide on the plates E E'. These sleeves have cast integra-l therewith or otherwise rigidly aiiixed thereto posts g g', to which is pivot-ally connected the head-block H. On this head-block the grip-gear, of usual construction, is carried. As here shown, it consists of two bars, 7i 72.', rigidly secured thereto and extending` down through t-he slot of the cable-conduit, and havin g suitable gripping mechanism attached thereto.

712 is a lever ulcrumcd at 71.3 and rocked thereon by suitable mechanism within the car through the rod h".

I is an arm pivoted to the bars .l J', and having an adjustable bearing-block, `i, pivotally connected to the lever h2. On reciproeatin g the rod 7i* a downward-and-upward movement is imparted to the bars .l J', operating to grip or release the cable.

ln Fig. 5 the sleeves G G are shown provided with pockets g2 g3, cast integral therewith, into which the ends of the head-block H are iitted.

By my improvement a new sleeve, in case of breakage, may be readily substituted by withdrawin the bar E or E from its keepers sutliciently for the purpose.

Having now described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by 'Letters Patent, is#

l. ln a cable-railway car, the combination of stationary bars extending crosswise ot the truck-frame and dctaehably secured to the same, with sleeves loosely mounted to slide on said stationary bars, each sleeve consisting of a block having an opening extending centrally through it adapted to receive one of the said stationary bars, and also having` an end portion ot the grip-carrying headblock pivotally connected thereto, substantially as described.

2. ln a cable-railway car, the combination, with the car-truck, oil stationary bars extending crosswise of thc car and passing loosely through keepers secured to the truck-frame, and held in place by pins passing through their extremities, and sleeves looselymounted pivotally connected thereto the head-block carrying the grip-gear, substantially as de- IOC Itis hereby eertiied that the name of the patentee in Letters Patent No. 398,590, granted February 26, 1889, for an improvement in Means for Mounting the Grips on Cable-Railway Cars, was erroneously Written and printed Carl Emil Ehnborn, Whereas said name should have been Written and printed Carl Emil Ehnbom; and that said Letters Patent should be read With this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the oase in the Patent Ofoe.

Signed, oountersigned, and sealed this 12th day of March, D. 1889.

[SEAL] D. L. HAWKIN S,

' Assistant Secretary of the Interton Countersigned s BENTON J. HALL,

Commissioner` of Patents. 

